sunshine-gaming-desktop/Dockerfile

# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.7

# =============================================================================
# Versions
# =============================================================================

# Update these values whenever the NVIDIA GPU Operator driver changes.
ARG NVIDIA_DRIVER_BRANCH=580
ARG NVIDIA_DRIVER_VERSION=580.178.04
ARG NVIDIA_DRIVER_PACKAGE_VERSION=580.178.04.0ubuntu0

# Sunshine version currently used by the image.
ARG SUNSHINE_REF=f0ea536
ARG SUNSHINE_VERSION=v2026.914.233613

# IMPORTANT:
# This build-deps release contains FFmpeg 9 with dynamic NVENC API selection.
# It can select SDK 11/12/13 at runtime depending on the installed NVIDIA
# driver, which is required for our 580.x driver.
ARG BUILD_DEPS_VERSION=v2026.910.121303


# =============================================================================
# Build Sunshine
#
# FFmpeg is NOT compiled here.
#
# Sunshine's CMake downloads the prebuilt FFmpeg archive published by the
# selected build-deps release.
# =============================================================================

FROM docker.io/nvidia/cuda:12.9.2-devel-ubuntu24.04 AS sunshine-build

ARG SUNSHINE_REF
ARG SUNSHINE_VERSION
ARG BUILD_DEPS_VERSION

ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive

RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
        ca-certificates \
        git && \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*


# =============================================================================
# Sunshine sources
# =============================================================================

RUN git clone \
        --filter=blob:none \
        https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine.git \
        /src/sunshine && \
    cd /src/sunshine && \
    git checkout "${SUNSHINE_REF}" && \
    git submodule update --init --recursive --depth 1


# =============================================================================
# Override Sunshine's build-deps revision
#
# f0ea536 normally points to an older build-deps release.
#
# Force v2026.910.121303 so Sunshine's ffmpeg.cmake downloads:
#
#   https://github.com/LizardByte/build-deps/releases/download/
#   v2026.910.121303/Linux-x86_64-ffmpeg.tar.gz
#
# That FFmpeg build includes dynamic NVENC API selection for SDK 11/12/13.
# =============================================================================

RUN set -eux; \
    git -C /src/sunshine/third-party/build-deps fetch \
        --depth 1 \
        --force \
        origin \
        "refs/tags/${BUILD_DEPS_VERSION}:refs/tags/${BUILD_DEPS_VERSION}"; \
    git -C /src/sunshine/third-party/build-deps checkout \
        --detach \
        "${BUILD_DEPS_VERSION}"; \
    ACTUAL_BUILD_DEPS_VERSION="$( \
        git -C /src/sunshine/third-party/build-deps \
        describe --tags --exact-match \
    )"; \
    echo "Selected build-deps: ${ACTUAL_BUILD_DEPS_VERSION}"; \
    test "${ACTUAL_BUILD_DEPS_VERSION}" = "${BUILD_DEPS_VERSION}"


# =============================================================================
# Sunshine f0ea536 -> FFmpeg 9 NVENC preset compatibility
#
# f0ea536 still converts:
#
#   nvenc_preset=1 -> numeric preset 12
#
# FFmpeg 9 uses a different internal numeric range (P1..P7 = 3..9).
#
# Current Sunshine solves this by passing the symbolic FFmpeg preset ("p1",
# "p2", ... "p7") instead of relying on FFmpeg's numeric enum.
#
# Apply the minimal equivalent backport here.
#
# The grep checks intentionally make the build fail if the source no longer
# matches what we expect.
# =============================================================================

RUN set -eux; \
    grep -Fq \
        '      int preset;' \
        /src/sunshine/src/config.h; \
    grep -Fq \
        '    video.nv_legacy.preset = video.nv.quality_preset + 11;' \
        /src/sunshine/src/config.cpp; \
    sed -i \
        's/      int preset;/      std::string preset;/' \
        /src/sunshine/src/config.h; \
    sed -i \
        's/video\.nv_legacy\.preset = video\.nv\.quality_preset + 11;/video.nv_legacy.preset = std::format("p{}", video.nv.quality_preset);/' \
        /src/sunshine/src/config.cpp; \
    grep -Fq \
        '      std::string preset;' \
        /src/sunshine/src/config.h; \
    grep -Fq \
        '    video.nv_legacy.preset = std::format("p{}", video.nv.quality_preset);' \
        /src/sunshine/src/config.cpp; \
    ! grep -Fq \
        'video.nv_legacy.preset = video.nv.quality_preset + 11;' \
        /src/sunshine/src/config.cpp; \
    echo "FFmpeg 9 NVENC preset compatibility patch: OK"


# =============================================================================
# Sunshine build dependencies
#
# The CUDA toolkit already exists in the nvidia/cuda base image.
# --skip-cuda prevents linux_build.sh from downloading/installing another one.
#
# Do NOT disable CUDA during the CMake step below: we still use CUDA/NvFBC.
# =============================================================================

RUN cd /src/sunshine && \
    ./scripts/linux_build.sh \
        --sudo-off \
        --skip-cuda \
        --step=deps


# =============================================================================
# Configure Sunshine
#
# During this step Sunshine detects BUILD_DEPS_VERSION and downloads the
# corresponding PREBUILT FFmpeg archive.
# =============================================================================

RUN cd /src/sunshine && \
    BRANCH=master \
    BUILD_VERSION="${SUNSHINE_VERSION}" \
    COMMIT="${SUNSHINE_REF}" \
    ./scripts/linux_build.sh \
        --sudo-off \
        --step=cmake


# =============================================================================
# Fail-fast validation
#
# Before spending time compiling Sunshine, make sure:
#
# 1. CMake really used the requested build-deps tag.
# 2. The prebuilt FFmpeg archive exists.
# 3. libavcodec contains the multi-SDK NVENC implementations introduced by
#    the dynamic NVENC API patch.
#
# Presence of 11.0 + 12.0 + 13.0 implementations is what we want for
# compatibility with the NVIDIA 580 driver.
# =============================================================================

RUN set -eux; \
    ACTUAL_BUILD_DEPS_VERSION="$( \
        git -C /src/sunshine/third-party/build-deps \
        describe --tags --exact-match \
    )"; \
    test "${ACTUAL_BUILD_DEPS_VERSION}" = "${BUILD_DEPS_VERSION}"; \
    FFMPEG_LIB="/src/sunshine/build/_deps/ffmpeg/lib/libavcodec.a"; \
    test -s "${FFMPEG_LIB}"; \
    nm -g --defined-only "${FFMPEG_LIB}" \
        | grep -F 'ff_nvenc_encode_init_1100' >/dev/null; \
    nm -g --defined-only "${FFMPEG_LIB}" \
        | grep -F 'ff_nvenc_encode_init_1200' >/dev/null; \
    nm -g --defined-only "${FFMPEG_LIB}" \
        | grep -F 'ff_nvenc_encode_init_1300' >/dev/null; \
    echo "Prebuilt FFmpeg dynamic NVENC API support: OK"


# =============================================================================
# Build + package Sunshine
# =============================================================================

RUN cd /src/sunshine && \
    ./scripts/linux_build.sh \
        --sudo-off \
        --step=build && \
    ./scripts/linux_build.sh \
        --sudo-off \
        --step=package && \
    cp \
        /src/sunshine/build/cpack_artifacts/Sunshine.deb \
        /sunshine.deb


# =============================================================================
# Main image
# =============================================================================

FROM docker.io/library/ubuntu:24.04

ARG NVIDIA_DRIVER_BRANCH
ARG NVIDIA_DRIVER_VERSION
ARG NVIDIA_DRIVER_PACKAGE_VERSION

ARG USER_NAME=ubuntu
ARG USER_UID=1000
ARG USER_GID=1000

ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
    HOME=/home/ubuntu \
    USER=ubuntu \
    DISPLAY=:20 \
    DISPLAY_SIZEW=1920 \
    DISPLAY_SIZEH=1080 \
    DISPLAY_REFRESH=120 \
    DISPLAY_DPI=96 \
    DISPLAY_CDEPTH=24 \
    VIDEO_PORT=HDMI-0 \
    TZ=Europe/Paris \
    LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 \
    LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr \
    LC_ALL=fr_FR.UTF-8 \
    XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp/runtime-ubuntu \
    PIPEWIRE_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp/runtime-ubuntu \
    PULSE_RUNTIME_PATH=/tmp/runtime-ubuntu/pulse \
    PULSE_SERVER=unix:/tmp/runtime-ubuntu/pulse/native \
    NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=all \
    NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES=all \
    EXPECTED_NVIDIA_DRIVER_VERSION=${NVIDIA_DRIVER_VERSION} \
    NVIDIA_I386_PACKAGE_VERSION=${NVIDIA_DRIVER_PACKAGE_VERSION}

SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]

USER root


# =============================================================================
# Base desktop / gaming environment
# =============================================================================

RUN dpkg --add-architecture i386 \
    && apt-get update \
    && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
        btop \
        fonts-noto-cjk \
        fonts-ubuntu \
        mousepad \
        nano \
        ristretto \
        thunar \
        ubuntu-wallpapers \
        adwaita-icon-theme \
        elementary-xfce-icon-theme \
        greybird-gtk-theme \
        hicolor-icon-theme \
        humanity-icon-theme \
        keyboard-configuration \
        tango-icon-theme \
        xfce4-goodies \
        xfce4-notifyd \
        xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin \
        xfonts-base \
        xfonts-scalable \
        alsa-utils \
        ca-certificates \
        curl \
        dbus \
        dbus-user-session \
        dbus-x11 \
        file \
        fonts-dejavu \
        fonts-liberation \
        fonts-noto \
        fonts-noto-color-emoji \
        kmod \
        libasound2-plugins \
        libcap2-bin \
        libegl1 \
        libgbm1 \
        libgl1 \
        libglvnd0 \
        libglx0 \
        libpciaccess0 \
        libpulse0 \
        libvulkan1 \
        libx11-6 \
        libx11-xcb1 \
        libxdamage1 \
        libxext6 \
        libxfixes3 \
        libxinerama1 \
        libxrandr2 \
        libxss1 \
        libxtst6 \
        locales \
        mesa-utils \
        pciutils \
        pipewire \
        pipewire-pulse \
        procps \
        psmisc \
        pulseaudio-utils \
        sudo \
        supervisor \
        tzdata \
        udev \
        vulkan-tools \
        wireplumber \
        x11-utils \
        x11-xserver-utils \
        xauth \
        xcvt \
        xdg-user-dirs \
        xdg-utils \
        xfce4 \
        xfce4-terminal \
        xkb-data \
        xserver-xorg-core \
        xserver-xorg-input-libinput \
        xserver-xorg-legacy \
        xz-utils \
        neofetch \
        wmctrl \
    && sed -i \
        -e 's/^# *fr_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8/fr_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8/' \
        -e 's/^# *en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/' \
        /etc/locale.gen \
    && locale-gen \
    && apt-get clean \
    && rm -rf \
        /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
        /var/cache/apt/* \
        /var/cache/debconf/* \
        /tmp/* \
        /var/tmp/*


# =============================================================================
# Desktop user
# =============================================================================

RUN set -eux; \
    if ! getent group "${USER_GID}" >/dev/null; then \
        groupadd --gid "${USER_GID}" "${USER_NAME}"; \
    fi; \
    if ! id -u "${USER_NAME}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
        useradd \
            --uid "${USER_UID}" \
            --gid "${USER_GID}" \
            --create-home \
            --shell /bin/bash \
            "${USER_NAME}"; \
    else \
        usermod --shell /bin/bash "${USER_NAME}"; \
    fi; \
    for group in \
        audio \
        games \
        input \
        render \
        tty \
        video; \
    do \
        getent group "${group}" >/dev/null \
            && usermod -aG "${group}" "${USER_NAME}" \
            || true; \
    done; \
    echo "${USER_NAME} ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" \
        > "/etc/sudoers.d/${USER_NAME}"; \
    chmod 0440 "/etc/sudoers.d/${USER_NAME}"; \
    install \
        -d \
        -o "${USER_UID}" \
        -g "${USER_GID}" \
        -m 0700 \
        /tmp/runtime-ubuntu; \
    install \
        -d \
        -o "${USER_UID}" \
        -g "${USER_GID}" \
        /home/${USER_NAME}/.config/sunshine \
        /games


# =============================================================================
# NVIDIA repository + nvidia-xconfig
#
# Only the userspace Xorg configuration utility is installed here.
# The kernel driver remains fully managed by the NVIDIA GPU Operator.
# =============================================================================

RUN curl -fsSLO \
        https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2404/x86_64/cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb \
    && dpkg -i cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb \
    && rm -f cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb \
    && apt-get update \
    && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
        "nvidia-xconfig=${NVIDIA_DRIVER_PACKAGE_VERSION}" \
    && nvidia-xconfig --version \
    && apt-get clean \
    && rm -rf \
        /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
        /var/cache/apt/*


# =============================================================================
# NVIDIA Xorg driver modules
#
# Extract only the Xorg-side NVIDIA modules matching the host driver.
# Do not install the whole amd64 NVIDIA userspace stack with APT.
# =============================================================================

RUN cd /tmp \
    && apt-get update \
    && apt-get download \
        "xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-${NVIDIA_DRIVER_BRANCH}=${NVIDIA_DRIVER_PACKAGE_VERSION}" \
    && mkdir -p /tmp/nvidia-xorg \
    && dpkg-deb -x \
        "xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-${NVIDIA_DRIVER_BRANCH}_${NVIDIA_DRIVER_PACKAGE_VERSION}_amd64.deb" \
        /tmp/nvidia-xorg \
    && install -D -m 0755 \
        /tmp/nvidia-xorg/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so \
        /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so \
    && cp -a \
        /tmp/nvidia-xorg/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglxserver_nvidia.so* \
        /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/ \
    && rm -rf \
        /tmp/nvidia-xorg \
        /tmp/xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-*.deb \
        /var/lib/apt/lists/*


# =============================================================================
# NVIDIA GLVND / Vulkan configuration
#
# Actual 64-bit NVIDIA libraries are injected at runtime by the GPU Operator /
# NVIDIA Container Toolkit.
# =============================================================================

RUN printf '%s\n' \
        '/usr/local/nvidia/lib' \
        '/usr/local/nvidia/lib64' \
        > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/nvidia.conf \
    && install -d -m 0755 \
        /etc/vulkan/icd.d \
        /usr/share/glvnd/egl_vendor.d \
    && cat > /etc/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json <<'EOF'
{
    "file_format_version": "1.0.0",
    "ICD": {
        "library_path": "libGLX_nvidia.so.0",
        "api_version": "1.3.0"
    }
}
EOF

RUN cat > /usr/share/glvnd/egl_vendor.d/10_nvidia.json <<'EOF'
{
    "file_format_version": "1.0.0",
    "ICD": {
        "library_path": "libEGL_nvidia.so.0"
    }
}
EOF


# =============================================================================
# Sunshine
# =============================================================================

COPY --from=sunshine-build /sunshine.deb /tmp/sunshine.deb

RUN apt-get update \
    && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
        /tmp/sunshine.deb \
    && setcap cap_sys_admin,cap_dac_override,cap_sys_nice=ep \
           "$(command -v sunshine)" \
    && rm -f /tmp/sunshine.deb \
    && apt-get clean \
    && rm -rf \
        /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
        /var/cache/apt/*


# =============================================================================
# Steam + 32-bit Linux gaming runtime
# =============================================================================

RUN dpkg --add-architecture i386 \
    && apt-get update \
    && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
        ca-certificates \
        curl \
    && curl -fsSL \
        https://repo.steampowered.com/steam/archive/stable/steam.gpg \
        -o /usr/share/keyrings/steam.gpg \
    && printf '%s\n' \
        'deb [arch=amd64,i386 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/steam.gpg] https://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam' \
        > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam-bootstrap.list \
    && apt-get update \
    && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
        steam-launcher \
        steam-libs-amd64 \
        steam-libs-i386 \
        libegl1:amd64 \
        libegl1:i386 \
        libgbm1:amd64 \
        libgbm1:i386 \
        libgl1:amd64 \
        libgl1:i386 \
        libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64 \
        libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 \
        libglx-mesa0:amd64 \
        libglx-mesa0:i386 \
        libvulkan1:amd64 \
        libvulkan1:i386 \
        xdg-desktop-portal \
        xdg-desktop-portal-gtk \
    && rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam-bootstrap.list \
    && apt-get clean \
    && rm -rf \
        /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
        /var/cache/apt/*


# =============================================================================
# Non-snap Firefox
# =============================================================================

RUN install -d -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings \
    && curl -fsSL \
        https://packages.mozilla.org/apt/repo-signing-key.gpg \
        -o /etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc \
    && echo \
        "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc] https://packages.mozilla.org/apt mozilla main" \
        > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mozilla.list \
    && printf '%s\n' \
        'Package: *' \
        'Pin: origin packages.mozilla.org' \
        'Pin-Priority: 1000' \
        > /etc/apt/preferences.d/mozilla \
    && apt-get update \
    && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
        firefox \
        firefox-l10n-fr \
    && apt-get clean


# =============================================================================
# NVIDIA 32-bit userspace
#
# The GPU Operator currently does not provide the compat32 libraries required
# by 32-bit OpenGL applications and Proton/DXVK.
#
# Install the exact userspace version matching the host driver, then keep a
# protected copy under /opt. The NVIDIA runtime can remove/mask the files in
# /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu when the pod starts; sunshine-entrypoint.sh restores
# them afterwards.
# =============================================================================

RUN dpkg --add-architecture i386 \
    && apt-get update \
    && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
        "libnvidia-common-${NVIDIA_DRIVER_BRANCH}=${NVIDIA_DRIVER_PACKAGE_VERSION}" \
        "libnvidia-gpucomp-${NVIDIA_DRIVER_BRANCH}:i386=${NVIDIA_DRIVER_PACKAGE_VERSION}" \
        "libnvidia-decode-${NVIDIA_DRIVER_BRANCH}:i386=${NVIDIA_DRIVER_PACKAGE_VERSION}" \
        "libnvidia-compute-${NVIDIA_DRIVER_BRANCH}:i386=${NVIDIA_DRIVER_PACKAGE_VERSION}" \
        "libnvidia-gl-${NVIDIA_DRIVER_BRANCH}:i386=${NVIDIA_DRIVER_PACKAGE_VERSION}" \
    && mkdir -p /opt/nvidia-i386 \
    && for file in $( \
        dpkg -L \
            "libnvidia-gl-${NVIDIA_DRIVER_BRANCH}:i386" \
            "libnvidia-compute-${NVIDIA_DRIVER_BRANCH}:i386" \
            "libnvidia-decode-${NVIDIA_DRIVER_BRANCH}:i386" \
            "libnvidia-gpucomp-${NVIDIA_DRIVER_BRANCH}:i386" \
        | grep '^/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/' \
        | sort -u \
    ); do \
        if [[ -e "${file}" || -L "${file}" ]]; then \
            cp -a --parents "${file}" /opt/nvidia-i386/; \
        fi; \
    done \
    && test -e \
        /opt/nvidia-i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGLX_nvidia.so.0 \
    && test -e \
        "/opt/nvidia-i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnvidia-glcore.so.${NVIDIA_DRIVER_VERSION}" \
    && ldconfig \
    && apt-get clean \
    && rm -rf \
        /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
        /var/cache/apt/*


# Keep APT package indexes available for Steam's dependency checker.
RUN apt-get update \
    && apt-get clean


# =============================================================================
# Runtime scripts
# =============================================================================

COPY desktop-entrypoint.sh /etc/desktop-entrypoint.sh
COPY sunshine-entrypoint.sh /etc/sunshine-entrypoint.sh
COPY supervisord.conf /etc/supervisord.conf
COPY --chmod=0755 scripts/ /usr/local/bin/

RUN sed -i 's/\r$//' \
        /etc/desktop-entrypoint.sh \
        /etc/sunshine-entrypoint.sh \
        /etc/supervisord.conf \
    && chmod 0755 \
        /etc/desktop-entrypoint.sh \
        /etc/sunshine-entrypoint.sh \
    && chmod 0644 \
        /etc/supervisord.conf


# =============================================================================
# Final filesystem permissions
# =============================================================================

RUN chown -R \
        "${USER_UID}:${USER_GID}" \
        "/home/${USER_NAME}" \
        /tmp/runtime-ubuntu


# =============================================================================
# Sanity checks
# =============================================================================

RUN command -v steam \
    && command -v nvidia-xconfig \
    && command -v supervisord \
    && command -v pipewire \
    && command -v wireplumber \
    && command -v Xorg \
    && command -v xfce4-session \
    && test -x /etc/sunshine-entrypoint.sh \
    && test -x /etc/desktop-entrypoint.sh


# =============================================================================
# Runtime
# =============================================================================

USER 1000:1000

WORKDIR /home/ubuntu

STOPSIGNAL SIGTERM

ENTRYPOINT ["/etc/sunshine-entrypoint.sh"]